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60.21Level 6 — planing

Planing means moving a chord shape in parallel while preserving its intervallic structure or approximate identity.

Try a three-note quartal shape:

D-G-C.

Move up:

E♭-A♭-D♭.

Then:

F-B♭-E♭.

Hear:

movement

without strong functional resolution.